AN SMT PLT WAS INTERCEPTED BY MIL ACFT FOR VIOLATING A WARNING AREA AND NOT COMMUNICATING WITH ATC.
Synopsis
AN SMT PLT WAS INTERCEPTED BY MIL ACFT FOR VIOLATING A WARNING AREA AND NOT COMMUNICATING WITH ATC.
Narrative
I WAS ON AN AERIAL SURVEY FLT AND INADVERTENTLY ENTERED ADIZ ON FLT FROM ZZZ TO BASE AT ZZZ1. WAS INTERCEPTED BY 2 F16'S. WAS IN WARNING AREA AT TIME AND WAS NOT SURE IF THEY WERE JUST CHKING ME OUT OR TRYING TO GET ME TO LAND. WAS MONITORING 121.5 AT TIME. NO COM FROM F16'S. I TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO CALL ON 121.5 ONLY ANSWER WAS FROM AN FBO. TRIED MULTIPLE FREQS LISTED ON SECTIONAL. NO JOY. FINALLY CALLED ZZZ4 TWR AND REACHED ZZZ5 AFB. WAS INSTRUCTED TO LAND AT ZZZ6 AND AWAIT US CUSTOMS. CUSTOMS ARRIVED CHK US OUT; WITH AN OK. INSPECTOR STATED THAT I HAD 'TECHNICALLY' DONE NOTHING WRONG 'YET' BECAUSE I HAD NOT RE-ENTERED ADIZ WHEN INTERCEPTED. RE-ENTERED ONLY AFTER I WAS INTERCEPTED. I WAS FLAGGED BECAUSE I WAS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH ATC. WHY DID THIS OCCUR? I WAS STUPID; LONG FLT; NO BREAKFAST; NO LUNCH; BACK HURT; IN A HURRY TO GET HOME. DIDN'T NOTICE ADIZ (NOT FAMILIAR WITH FLYING IN THAT AREA). WAS NAVIGATING ON THE FLY AND TOO LAZY TO GET FLT FOLLOWING. NEXT TIME; EAT; REST; PLAN BETTER AND DO NOT RELY ON GPS FOR PRIMARY NAV (DOES NOT SHOW ADIZ BOUNDARY). AS A FINAL NOTE; AFTER REVIEWING INTERCEPT PROCS; F16'S DID NOT USE STANDARD INTERCEPT PROCS. NEVER MADE COM WITH THEM UNTIL DOWNWIND AT AAF. THIS LED TO SOME INITIAL CONFUSION ON MY PART UNTIL I WAS TALKING TO ZZZ5 ATC.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.